1. IB Psychology 1.09.17 Today’s Agenda: Turn in: Nothing Take out:
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Today’s Learning Objectives:
Explain how biological factors affect one cognitive process (memory).
Today’s Agenda:
Alzheimer’s Disease
Video
A look at “millennials”
HW:
Reading on Actively Learn
CRA 3.6

2. Linking the BLOA to the CLOA
We will begin to do this with a brief look at Alzheimer’s Disease—how is it that a biological factor can impact a cognitive factor?
1906: Dr. Alois Alzheimer first describes "a peculiar disease”
1910 Alzheimer's disease named
1968 Development of cognitive measurement scales
1979 Alzheimer's recognized as most common form of dementia
1984 Beta-amyloid identified
1986 Tau protein identified
2010 Alzheimer's advances to sixth-leading cause of US deaths

3. Alzheimer’s Video: What connections between BLOA/CLOA can we find?
NPR Clip:
Millennials: